Paul M Smith originally studied fine art between 1991 and 1995 at Convent University. After completing his degree at Conventory he completed a masters degree in photography.

Paul M Smith’s most recognized and influential pieces of work is the well known album covers of Robbie Williams where he is every person on the face of the cover of the album (like seen in the picture)

I like these style of photos as it explains and shows skill within taking photos, directing the model and editing the photos pre-release.

Many other people have used this type of editing and photo style, the most common use of this modelling is to take a series/multiple photos on every single seat on a plane then used overlay and edited them to make it look like you are filling every seat on a plane and it has been captured in one picture.

To recreate Paul M smiths photography I will be exploring Gender and Identity, more importantly Masculinity. To achieve this I will be using 3 photshoots.

1-Rugby, a classic example of men using aggression.

2-A music band rehearsal, this is because most band members and bands are mainly male, with the odd case of female band members.

3-Doing typical female chores such as cleaning and washing, to show that men can do stereotypical female chores as well as being masculine, and performing ‘manly’ chores